A HOSPICE is inviting residents to remember their loved ones this Christmas as part of its Lights of Love event.

Every year the Primrose Hospice Lights of Love helps people honour, remember and celebrate the lives of loved ones.

Rachel Watts’ Lights of Love journey began after her sister Lizzie died from stomach cancer in 2017 on New Year’s Day.

She said: “Christmas was Lizzie’s favourite time of the year; she absolutely loved it. We’d eat Christmas chocolates in November and our tree would always be up on December 1st. We're lucky to have lots of lovely festive memories of Lizzie, so it’s important to keep those Christmas traditions going. Primrose Hospice’s Lights of Love has become one of those traditions; it's like holding onto her in our minds.”

Whether your special person received care from the hospice or not, young or old, nearby or far away, Primrose Hospice is inviting anyone wishing to honour the memory of someone who has died, to dedicate a light to them.

Each light represents a life loved and will remain lit throughout the festive period around the hospice's trees in Bromsgrove and Redditch.

People will receive a Lights of Love card, personalised with your loved ones’ names and each tribute will appear on a digital tribute page on our website, where messages and photographs can be added.

People can also attend the Lights of Love Light Switch On at 6pm on November 23 at the hospice's tree in Bromsgrove or the Lights of Love Celebration at 3pm on Saturday, December 7 at the Hospice B60 3BW.

To find out more or to dedicate a light visit primrosehospice.org/events/lightsoflove or call 01527 889796 or email fundraising@primrosehospice.org

Primrose Hospice & Family Support Centre offers care to patients with a life-limiting illness and supports families who have experienced bereavement in the North-East Worcestershire area.